A man ‘chopped off his toe and ate it’in front of horrified shoppers at a Wilko store

One eyewitness described seeing the man chopping off the body part with a pair of bolt cutters he picked up in the electrical aisle.

They told the Sheffield Star: “A man went into Wilkinson’s Haymarket, went upstairs to the electrical aisle, picked up some bolt cutters, chopped his big toe off and stood eating it. “The aisle was taped off until police and forensics went.”

A policeman said: “Emergency services were called to a shop in Haymarket, Sheffield, at around 11.10am on Sunday October 30 following reports of concern for a man inside the premises.

“Upon officer arrival, the man was taken to hospital with injuries to his foot, where he remains.

“There are not believed to be any other parties involved. The incident is not being investigated as a crime.”

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